Class: Object

Inherits:

BasicObject

Defined in:

lib/what_methods.rb

Overview

Some credits: Code this verions is based on: Andrew Birkett http://www.nobugs.org/developer/ruby/method_finder.html Improvements from Why's blog entry

• what? == - Why
• @@blacklist - llasram
• clone alias - Daniel Schierbeck
• $stdout redirect - Why http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/stickItInYourIrbrcMethodfinder.html Improvements from Nikolas Coukouma
• Varargs and block support
• Improved catching
• Redirecting $stdout and $stderr (independently of Why) http://atrustheotaku.livejournal.com/339449.html

A version posted in 2002 by Steven Grady:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/32844

David Tran's versions:

• Simple http://www.doublegifts.com/pub/ruby/methodfinder.rb.html
• Checks permutations of arguments http://www.doublegifts.com/pub/ruby/methodfinder2.rb.html

Last updated: 2006/05/20

Instance Method Summary

• #__clone__ ⇒ Object
• #clone ⇒ Object
• #what?(*a) ⇒ Boolean

Instance Method Details

#__clone__ ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/what_methods.rb', line 30

alias_method :__clone__, :clone

#clone ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/what_methods.rb', line 31

def clone
  __clone__
rescue TypeError
  self
end

#what?(*a) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

• (Boolean)

# File 'lib/what_methods.rb', line 27

def what?(*a)
  WhatMethods::MethodFinder.show(self, *a)
end